Republic Journal

For financial institutions, sustainability is not a peripheral consideration, but rather it is central to resilience, competitiveness, and long-term value creation.

Sustainable finance heralds a new and promising era of innovation. It’s an age where climate risks are being transformed into opportunities, new technologies are accelerating progress, and major stakeholders are increasingly focused on fostering long-term prosperity across regions. In short, sustainable finance is radically reframing what comprehensive socio-economic resilience can look like.

For generations, Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) has been guided by a simple but powerful philosophy: true leadership extends far beyond financial performance.

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2025 and Republic Bank is thrilled to be a part of this global observance and movement to champion innovation, inclusion, and economic empowerment.

Before cutting its benchmark rates to the 4 – 4.25 percent range in September 2025, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) previous policy rate reduction was in December 2024. In the period between the two decreases, the Fed opted to leave the rates unchanged at 4.25 – 4.5 percent, primarily due to high global economic uncertainty and stubborn inflationary pressures.

In the Caribbean and Africa, the agribusiness industry plays a vital role in the economies of many countries, with agriculture being a significant contributor to GDP in nations like Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana. Long-known for its diverse range of agricultural products such as sugarcane, fruits, grains and cocoa, these countries are home to small-scale farmers who form a significant part of the agricultural workforce, practising subsistence farming and small-scale commercial agriculture.